Originally Posted by Mule Deer
Chet,

That's great!

I'm always astounded how these threads turn into an either/or argument. I was an early fan of synthetic stocks and own a and hunt number of syn-stocked rifles, but I would hardly call a little snow in typical deer woods "extreme conditions."

Sometimes I wonder how anybody ever killed a big game animal back when the only stock material was wood.


John,

I agree that there is a place for both synthetic and wood stocked rifles. If you are trying to go as light as possible or are going on a backpack goat hunt in southeast Alaska, then synthetic really has it's charm. If you are hunting with a standard weight sporter under more "normal" hunting conditions, wood works fine and is nicer to look at.

I have a pretty even split of wood and synthetic and use them all.

Chet

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